The Thermal Conversion Process
Whenever my family cooked a chicken or a turkey it meant
poultry soup would fill our bowls for weeks. This was my first
lesson in waste management. Brian Appel and Changing World
Technologies takes this lesson even further. Appel has devoted
his life to the creation of a process known as Thermal Conversion
Process (TCP) which converts poultry waste, amongst other organic
materials, to crude oil.
The purpose of the process is to use excess waste as an energy
source. TCP accelerates the earth’s natural geothermal
process of converting organic materials into fossil fuels.
Changing World Technology can do in minutes a process that
takes the earth thousands of years to complete. This accelerated
process is so attractive that former CIA Director, James Woolsy,
has joined the Changing World Technology team as Senior Adviser.
“From the point of view of pollution and the point of
view of energy production, this is a remarkable story,” says
Woolsy.
Before filing the first TCP patent in 1997, Appel was on a
diverse entrepreneurial career path that included inventing
the computer system machines for Ticketmaster. A commitment
to the environment led Appel to create a patent that has proved
promising to industry analysts and media.
States Scientific American magazine, “Even if the idea
contributes only a smidgen to our energy needs, it will certainly
help get rid of burgeoning waste.” The magazine named
Changing World Technologies one of the top 50 contributors
to the advancement of technology in December, 2003.
“If the process works as well as its creators claim,
not only would most toxic waste problems become history, so
would imported oil,” Discover magazine stated in May
2003.
Re-using Waste
Garbage threatens ecosystems and human living conditions by
polluting water supplies and releasing harmful emissions
into the environment. Much of this waste, however, is attractive
material for TCP. Old tires, for example, have a huge potential
as a renewable material through the TCP process. Changing
World Technologies consider tires from a beneficial “re-use” perspective
and avoids practices such as incineration, dumping or landfilling.
TCP proves especially useful in dealing with recent stockpiles
of animal waste as a result of Mad-Cow disease and the Avian
Flu virus. In the beginning months of 2004, millions of poultry
and other birds were killed to stop the spread of the avian
flu virus. The thermal conversion process uses non-valuable,
recyclable materials from animal waste and processes them
into oils, gases, and solids.
Other landfill materials such as sewage sludges, mixed plastics,
and organic substances can be processed as well, which means
that overall landfill costs are reduced and positive solutions
are created from toxic waste.
Working Together
TCP has attracted the attention of poultry giant ConAgre
Foods, parent company of Butterball Turkeys. ConAgra, one
of the United States’ largest and most notorious
food packaging company, has made an environmental pact:
200 tons of unused butterball turkey parts will be run
through the first commercial thermal depolarization plant
in Carthage, MO.
" ConAgra believes as we do, that CWT's Thermal Process
is the solution for some of our most serious environmental
challenges,” says Brian Appel.
“
This includes decreasing global warming by reducing the
use of fossil fuels, reforming organic waste into a high-value
resource and substantially reducing U.S. dependence on
foreign oil.”
Developing Communities
As part of Changing World Technologies dedication to sustainable
energy, the company plans to provide solutions to developing
communities. Crop residues and other organic waste produced
by products are easily converted into fuels and fertilizers
without expensive technology or non-local support, which is
especially important for developing communities. The energy
produced can be used in turn for telecommunications, electricity,
clean water systems and refrigeration. Changing World Technologies
anticipates support from the World Bank and other corporate
institutional funding programs for this venture.
Says Appel, “This technology is going to make the world
a better place.”
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